Coin holder



Sept. 4, 1934. N. H. swANsoN A COIN HOLDER Filed Nov. 16, 193s Patented Sept. 4, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 9 Claims.

The purpose of this invention is to providea coin holder arranged for receiving and retaining coins of dilerent denominations in distinguishable groups, and adapted to be carried inthe pocket or handbag of the user; and to provide such coin holder with means for safely retaining the coins in their respective groups against accidental escape from the holder or intermingling of the diierent groups in the holder; andto facilitate selection and withdrawal of individual coins from any group without necessity for visualrinspection.

The inventionconsists in the elements and features of construction shown and described as indicated in the claims.

Y In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the coin holder Aembodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a direct top plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is an inverted or bottom planview.

Figure 4 is a vertical section at the line 4 4 on Figure 2. 1

Figure 5 is a detail section at the line 5-5 on Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a front elevation showing the holder mounted on a exible sheet, as a wrapper or the wall of a handbag.

Figure '7 is a detail section at the line v'7--"1' on Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a plan View of the sheet metal blank from which thebody of the holder is formed.

Referring to the drawing in detail:

The coin holder comprises a sheet metal stamping indicated in entirety at A, and consisting of a back member, 10, whichis continuous from end to end of the holder forming a back-wall-inc0m mon to the four coin-receiving cells seen at A, B,

C and D, and indicated as containing respectively quarters, dimes, half dimes and copper cents.

The blank shown in. Figure 8 is formed with projections 11, 11, 11 at right angles to the portion which constitutes the back-wallin-common, which projections in the finished device are each folded at right angles to form bottom elements, 12, and front wall elements, 13a, 13b and 13c of the cells, said bottom elements and said front wall elements being very substantially spaced apart, as

shown at 14 with respect'to the bottom elements,

and at 15 with respect to the Yfront wall elements. And it will be noted that by thus spacing apart the front wall elements, they are rendered lapping over adjacent portions of the consecutive w cells occupied by corresponding segments of the 5 coinsL in the respective cells.l Opposite'end por- (Cl. 13S-9) tions of the back-wall-in-common of the blank are folded at right angles first forwardly and then inwardly, as seen at 1'7 and 18 in Figure 2 to form end walls and front wall elements of the extreme cells, A and D. For partitioning the consecutive cells from each other there are provided vertical partitions, 20a, 20b and 20C, inserted between the back-wall-in-common, and the other wall elements 13a, 13b and 13, midway in the width of said front wall elements, said partitions being secured permanently, as by riveting to the backwall-in-cornmon, as seen at 21a, and to the front wall elements respectively, as seen at 2lb, and also preferably to the bottom elements, as seen at 21.

Upon considering the construction as thus far described, it will be noted -that the total width ofthe several cells is the distance between the end walls, 17 and 18, and'the'partitions, 20 and 20C, respectively in the case of the end cells, A and D, and is the distance between the partition, 20lo and the partitions, 20a and 20C, respectively in the case of cells, B and C; and that these widths are diierent according to the dimensions of the coins to be accommodated in the respective cells, as cell A being dimensioned to receive silver quarters, cell, B, for silver dimes, cell, C, for nickels, half dimes, and cell, D, for copper cents. And it will be further noted that the cell bottoming elements, 12, in each instancelserve for bottoming two consecutive cells, and that similarly the front wall elements, 13a, 13b and 13, each constitute the front Wall element of two consecutive cells, this double functioning of the bottoming element and front wall elements being due to the mounting of the partitions midway in the Width of the front wall element and bottoming elements.

For retaining the coin safely in the respective cells against accidental escape, there is provided at one edge of each cell a resilient retainer, 30,

vlodged at its lower end on the bottom element of the cell and extending up alongside the partition and having its upper end portion iieXed apart from the partition, as seen at 30a, to overhang a lateral segment or" the coin in the cell and stress them V toward the opposite edge wallof the cell.

Since such resilient retainer 'is'required Vonly at one side of each cell, it is convenient to provide retainers'at opposite sides of the partitions, 202'- and 20C, leaving partition, 2Gb, without an immediately associated retainer; and the opposite side wall toward which the coins are stressed in the case of cells A and D, are the walls, 17 and 18, and in the case of the cells, B and C, are-opposite sides of the partition, 20h. And in view of this 110 arrangement of the resilient retainers at opposite sides of the partitions, 20a and 20c, it is convenient and preferable to make the retainers which are thus placed at opposite sides of the partition integral with each other, as seen in Figure 1, the junction portion, 30e, being lodged on the bottom element and formed with a rivet-accommodating aperture, 30h, through which the riveting tenon, 22C, of the partition extends for binding the couple of integral resilient retainers fast to the bottom and to the partition.

For facilitating the insertion of the coins into the cells, the resilient retainers, 30, are each formed at the upper end by bending outwardly with respect to the cells to present a bevel or face sloping inwardly with respect to the cell, as seen at 305'; and to accommodate these outwardly projecting bends, 30S', when in the insertion of a coin the resilient retainer is forced out to flat position against the partition, 20a, the partition is terminated at the upper end slightly below the upper edge of the back wall, 17, which at that part of its extent properly extends yto the full height of the resilient retainer to guard and guide the edge of the latter in its resilient reaction in the insertion and withdrawal of the coins.

The holder, as shown in Figure 1, is suitable for carrying in the pocket of the user without enclosure or Wrapper, but it may be preferred in some instances to provide it with a wrapper, and in other instances to mount it on the wall or partition of a handbag or purse; Iand for such purpose the back-Wall-in-common is formed with eyelet holes, 35, at at least two of the cells, said eyeletfholes being countersunk, preferably in the stamping process, aty the inner side, as seen at 35a, to avoid protrusion of the head of the securing eyelet or other form of fastening into' the coin space of the cell. The wrapper or partition of the handbag to which the holder may be attached described, is indicated at 40.

Upon considering the construction as shown and. described, it will be-noted that between consecutive cells, A and B, andY between consecutive cells, C and D, there are interposed for-partitioning the two cells, not only the element referred toas a partition, but also further partitioning means consisting of the pair of resilient coin retainers. But Ido not limit myself to employing both these partitioning means, and the rigid partitions may be dispensed withV without departing from the main' invention.

I' claim: n

1.. A coin holder having a plurality of cells for receiving and retaining different denominations of coins arranged' consecutively edge to edge in a row' in distinguishable groups, said holder comprising a back-wall-in-common to all the cells and a bottom element for the several cells extended from the bottom edge of the back wall, and a front wall element for the cells extended therefrom parallel to the back-wall-in-common; partitions between the consecutive cells extending between the front wall element and the backwall-in-common and extending upwardly from the bottoni element, and resilient coin retainers mounted'` onl the bottom element and extending upwardly therefrom adjacent to and slightly spaced longinidinailyr of the holder from the partitions respectively, said resilient coin retainers being flexed` away from thepartitions inwardly with. respect to the respective cells at a part of their. length at which they extend past the center of. theV coins for which` the cellsY are espectively dimensioned; whereby said retainers engage the coins yieldingly againstwithdrawal edgewise from the respective cells.

2. The construction defined in claim 1 having a back-wall-in-cominon at the opposite ends formed by bending forwardly and then inwardly to form outer edge walls and front wall elements of the opposite end cells of the row.

3. A coin holder. having a plurality of cells for receiving and retaining different denominations of coins in distinguishable groups, said holder having a back wall continuous over all the cells,

kfront wall members; a cell bottorning element rigidly joining the front wall members to the back-vJall-in-comrnon and rigid partitions between the consecutive cells rigidly joined to the bottom element and rigidly extending respectively between the back wall and the several front wall members at positions midway in the width of the respective front wall members, and resilient coin retainers mounted at one end on the bottom element for extending up therefrom alongside the several partitions at opposite sides of the latter toward the respective cells which are separated from each other by said partitions,

each of said retainers at the upper part of its length being flexed away from the. partition alongside which it extends inwardly with respect to the cell to overhang a lateral segment of the coins carried in the cell.

, 4. rhe construction defined in claim 3, the partitions being formed at the lower end and at iront and rear edges at the upper end with tenons forl riveting to the bottom element and to the back wall' and to the front wall members respectively, nd the resilient retainers being formed aty their lower ends for being engaged between the lower ends of the respective partitions and the bottom element, whereby said retainers are secured in their mounting on the bottom element by the riveting of said partitions to said bottom element.

5'. The construction defined in claim 1, the resilient retainers each having the upper edge'portion ilexed toward the partition adjacent to which ics it is mounted for presenting a beveled face toward back wall when the retainer is stressed to at positi'on against the partition in the insertiony of a coin.

6. The construction dened in claim 1, the

resilient coin retainers being mounted as called for. in said claim 1 adjacent alternate partitions and at opposite sides of said alternate partitions respectively, the other alternate partitions being without adjacent resilient retainers, whereby each cell is equipped with a' resilient retainer at one side` only.` v

' 7'. A coin 'holder having a plurality of cells arranged consecutively edge to edge in a row for receiving, and. retaining. different denominations or" coins in distinguishable groups, said holder having;y back,` bottom and front wall elements formed integrally from a sheet metal blank, the backwall being continuous over all the cells, the blank being formed with relatively narrow strips projecting from the'bottom `edge of said continuous back wall portion at points in the length of the holder corresponding to the meeting edges of the consecutive cells, each strip being folded at right angles to form first bottom elements and then front wall yelements of two consecutive cells, vand partitions separating consecutive cells interposed between the back wall and the front wall elements midway in the width of the front wall strips respectively and secured permanently to the back wall and to the bottom and front wall elements, alternate partitions having mounted at opposite sides resilient coin retainers secured at their lower ends between the bottom elements and the partition, and at their upper part spaced from the partition and flexed away therefrom for overhanging a lateral segment of the coins in the cell.

8. A coin holder having a plurality of cells for receiving and retaining different denominations of coins arranged consecutively edge to edge in a row in distinguishable groups, said 'holders comprising a back-wall-in-common to all the cells and a bottom element'for the several cells extending from the bottom edge of the back-Wall-in-common and a front wall element for the cells extending from the forward edge of the bottom element parallel to the back-wallin-common; a pair of resilient coin retainers interposed between consecutive cells, the individuals of said pairs having their upper end portions flexed laterally inwardly with respect tothe respective 'cells for overhanging each a lateral segment of the coins carried in the cell.

9. The construction dened in claim 3, the front wall of each cell consisting of two parts lapping respectively opposite segments of the coinaccommodating space of the cell and spaced apart over the intermediate segment of said coinaccommodating space for exposure of a special part of the face of the coin for identication of the coin and grasp thereof for removal.

s y NELS H. SWANSON. 

